THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 26, 2020 at 15:35 JST
High school students gather in front of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima on Oct. 25 in a gesture to inform the souls of atomic bomb victims that the U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty is set to take effect in January. (Jun Ueda)
Hibakusha survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki rejoiced on learning that a long-awaited U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons will take effect early next year but expressed dismay at the lack of a reaction from the Japanese government. [Read More]
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
